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PETER MAYS AND PRICE MAYS, OF CLEARFIELD, PENN SYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 98,875, dated J amcary 18, 1870.

IMPROVED: MEDICAL COMPOUND.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thename.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, -PETER MAYS and PRICE MAYS, of Olearfield, in thecounty of Olearfield, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andvaluable Medical Compound; and we do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our invention relates to remedies designed to alleviate the sufl'eringsand diseases incident to the human body. a

To enable others skilled int-he art to make and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe the same, and our method of compounding oursaid remedy.

For the purpose of preparing eight fluidounces of our compound, we takethree-fourths of an ounce of pulverized horse-radish, three ouncesextract of ground ivy, one-fourth of anounce of red beet, bruised, andadd to the whole four ouncesof apple-cider, adding a small proportion ofalcohol, if necessary, to preserve a long time. A suitable time is to beallowed for maceration, when it is readyfor use.

This compound is designed to be used for the alle- The medical compoundherein described, compounded of the ingredients and in the mannersubstantially as specified.

-In testimony that we claim the above, we have hereunto subscribed ournames, in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER MAYS. PRICE MAY S.

Witnesses:

ISRAEL FEST, WM. D. BIeLnR.

